JP3522720B2 - POS system - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a POS system, and particularly in restaurants such as family restaurants.
The present invention relates to an order management system in which a menu or the like ordered by a customer is input from a mobile input terminal (handy terminal), and a voucher for instructing cooking to a kitchen is printed and issued.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In restaurants such as family restaurants, snacks, coffee shops (coffee shops), it is necessary to promptly respond to customers in order to improve customer satisfaction. That is, it is to promptly guide the visitor to the table, take an order according to the wish of the visitor, quickly cook and provide the ordered dish and the like, and promptly perform the accounting process when eating and drinking is finished.

In order to meet the needs of such customers, shop assistants always carry a handy terminal in a family restaurant or the like. Then, when he guides the visitor to the table, he hands the menu immediately and takes an order. The customer's order is keyed in from the handy terminal on the spot along with the table number and incidental information such as the number of people. The order keyed in is immediately printed on a printer or the like installed in the kitchen to instruct preparation for cooking. When the ordered food is completed, the clerk is notified by a handy terminal or other display means and is brought to a predetermined table.

[0004] In restaurants such as those mentioned above, it is usual to prepare not only a single item but also a set menu. If a menu that can be ordered individually or as a set is prepared, each menu is registered in the menu master and further assigned to the menu key in the handy terminal for operation.

FIG. 1 shows a typical P used in restaurants and the like.
It is a system configuration diagram of an OS system. This POS system 10 includes a POS main body 11, a controller 12, a wireless transceiver (CS) 13, and a plurality of handy terminals 14.
And a plurality of kitchen printers 15, 16 and 17.

The handy terminal 14 is, as described above,
Each clerk who takes care of the visitor carries it, takes the order of the visitor,
Enter the name of the dish (or its number), the quantity and incidental items (such as the amount of cooking, the amount of the quantity) along with the table number and the number of people. Input data is infrared or weak FM
Kitchen printers 15 to 17 and a PO via a wireless transceiver 13 and a controller 12 that use radio waves or the like
It is transmitted to the S main body 11. Kitchen printer 15-17
Is installed in each kitchen (kitchen) for Japanese food, Chinese food, Western food, desserts, etc., which are divided according to the scale of the restaurant, etc. To be able to cook.

FIG. 7 shows a conventional operating procedure of the POS system shown in FIG. The operation on the handy terminal 14 is shown on the left side, and the display result on the display section is shown on the right side. First,
The "start" key of the handy terminal 14 is operated to turn on the power supply, and the table number (table number) and the number of people are input. In this example, the number of people is three. The word "menu" is displayed on the display. Next, as an order for the first person, the menu key of "Kitsune Udon" which is a single item is pressed. As a result, "Kitsune Udon" is displayed on the display unit. In addition, "1" at the upper right indicates the number of orders.

Next, as an order for the second person, the menu key of the "parent and child bowl" which is a single item is pressed. As a result, "parent and child bowl" is displayed on the display unit. Next, press the menu key of "Kitsune Udon Set" as the third order. In this case, various set menus are displayed on the display, such as "Oyakodon", "Katsudon", "Tendon", "Unadon",
It is displayed as ... Then, the clerk, for example, "F1"
Select "Oyakodon" with the key. As a result, the set menu of "Kitsune Udon" and "Oyakodon" is selected.
Here, the ordered quantity "1" is displayed on the right side.

An example of the above-mentioned conventional master data prepared for ordering will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 10. FIG. 10 shows a key master, which includes various menus such as “Kitsune Udon”, “Kitsune Soba”, “Tanuki Udon”, ... Various set menus such as ... Are prepared together with the key No. and the menu No. Of course, the contents and the number of these single item menus and set menus differ depending on the store.

Next, FIG. 8 shows an example of a conventional menu master. This menu master includes menu No., name (cooking name), unit price and connected sub menu group No.
Is prepared. Further, FIG. 9 is an example of a submenu master. In this example, group No., member No.
And the name is included. Here, group No. "1
"1" indicates a set menu. And the member number
Are sequentially set from "01" to "Kitsune Udon", "Kitsune Soba", "Tanuki Udon", and so on.

[0011]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The above-mentioned conventional POS
According to the system, in a restaurant where there are many menus that can be ordered individually or as a set, the number of menus that can be registered in the system and the number of menus that can be assigned to the menu key of the handy terminal are reduced. There is also a problem that it takes a long time to perform the menu master registration work of the system, which is performed at the time of initial introduction and at the time of menu change. For example, when a large number of menus are freely combined to be treated as a set menu (for example, “Kitsune Udon” and “Tanuki Udon”), extra registration shown in the shaded areas in FIGS. 8 to 10 is required. And

[0012]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and provides a POS system capable of selecting a set menu by a simple registration operation and flexibly coping with the change of the menu. The purpose is to do.

[0013]

In order to solve the above problems, the POS system according to the present invention adopts the following characteristic configuration.

(1) In a POS system that is used by a store clerk such as a restaurant and has a handy terminal for inputting a customer's order, the handy terminal is provided with a set input key, and the set input key is pressed. Then, the POS system that treats the currently displayed menu (product) as a set menu (set product).

(2) The POS system according to (1) above, in which the menu is added to the menu handled as a set when the menu key is pressed while the menu treated as the set is displayed.

(3) In the menu treated as a set by pressing the set input key, a specific symbol indicating a set menu is added to the menu name on the display and displayed. POS system.

(4) The POS system according to (3), wherein the specific symbol uses a flag that differs for each unit price of the set menu.

(5) As the specific symbol, "1",
The PO of (3) or (4) above using a number such as "2"
S system.

(6) The POS system according to the above (3), (4) or (5), which causes an error when only a menu having the same specific symbol is selectively input as a set menu and a menu having a different specific symbol is selectively input. .

(7) The POS system according to any one of the above (3) to (6), wherein when the set input key is pressed, only the menus having the same specific symbol are displayed so as to be selectable.

[0021]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The configuration and operation of a preferred embodiment of a POS system according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, FIG. 2 shows a menu (or product) input operation procedure of the POS system according to the present invention. Similar to the conventional case described above with reference to FIG. 7, the left side shows the operation of the handy terminal 14, and the right side shows the display contents displayed on the display section. First, the clerk presses the "start" key on the handy terminal to turn on the power. And
The table number (table number) guided by the clerk and the number of persons at that table (three in this example) are keyed in.

Next, as an order for the first person, the menu key of "Kitsune Udon" which is a single dish is pressed. As a result, "Kitsune Udon" is displayed on the display unit, and this is the first person's order by itself (not by the set menu). Next, press the menu key of "Oyakodon" which is the second order. As a result, "parent and child bowl" is displayed on the display unit, and the second order is placed.

Next, as an order for the third person, the "Kitsune Udon" menu key is pressed. Here, when the third customer orders "Oyakodon" together with "Kitsune Udon" from the set menu, he presses the "Set input" key. As a result, "Kitsune Udon" is treated as a set menu, and the symbol "S" representing it is displayed on the head of "Kitsune Udon". Next, press the menu key of "Oyakodon". As a result, "parent and child rice bowl" is displayed on the display unit, and "kitsune udon" and "parent and child rice bowl" are treated as a set menu.

When the "set input" key is pressed on the original menu and the "set menu flag" exists in the original menu, the "set input" key is allowed to be pressed. On the other hand, if the "set menu flag" does not exist, an error occurs. Further, when selecting a menu to be added to the original menu (that is, treated as a set menu), if the same “set menu flag” as the “set menu flag” of the added menu (for example, “set menu flag”) Both are "1"). If the "set menu flag" is different (for example, if the "set menu flag" is "1" and "2"), an error is generated. Further, when the touch panel is displayed on the product (menu) key of the handy terminal, only the menu with the same “set menu flag” may be displayed on the product key when the “set input” key is pressed. This can further improve the input operability of the set menu.

As described above, according to the POS system of the present invention, "Kitsune Udon" is ordered as a single item for the first person, and "Oyakodon" is ordered as a single item for the second person.
In addition, "Kitsune Udon" and "Oyakodon" will be ordered as a set menu for the third person. This order input operation is simpler than that of the above-described conventional technique, and therefore a quick operation is possible.

Next, description will be made with reference to FIGS. 3 is an example of a slip according to the present invention, FIG. 4 is a menu master, FIG. 5 is a set menu master, and FIG. 6 is an example of a key master.

First, the slip shown in FIG. 3 has basic data such as slip number, table number, number of people, date and time, and
The menu name that received the order is displayed. In the specific example shown in FIG. 2, the ordered menus are a single item of "Kitsune Udon" and "Oyakodon", and a set menu of "Kitsune Udon" and "Oyakodon", respectively. Finally, the name of the person in charge is printed.

Next, the menu master shown in FIG. 4 has a menu No., a name, a unit price and a "set menu flag".
Is included. As is clear from comparison with the above-described conventional techniques shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, the menu master (see FIG. 8)
Also, the shaded part in the submenu master (see FIG. 9) becomes unnecessary. In other words, it is not necessary to input both a single item menu and a set menu to these masters. As a result, more menus can be registered (input) in these masters, and registration work or change work can be facilitated. "Set menu flag"
Are, for example, “1”, “2”, ... As shown in the set menu master of FIG. 5, and different unit prices (for example, 6
A different "set menu flag" is used for each (00 yen, 700 yen).

Next, the key master shown in FIG.
And the correspondence of menu No. are shown. For example, key No0
01 is menu No. 0001, and "Kitsune Udon" is registered. Key No002 is menu N
It is o0002, and "fox soba" is registered.
Similarly, the key No. 014 is the menu No. 0.
It is 014, and “unadon” is registered. The key No. 101 is the menu No. 9050, which is the above-mentioned “set input” key.

Therefore, at the time of the above-mentioned menu input work,
To handle a specific menu as a set menu,
This key No. 101 is input. As a result, the currently displayed menu is changed from a single item menu to a set menu, and then a menu that is handled as a set with this menu, for example, “parent-child bowl” with key No. 011 is selected and input. As a result, it is clear that the clerk's menu input workability is significantly improved.

The configuration and operation of the preferred embodiment of the POS system according to the present invention have been described above in detail. However, such an embodiment is merely an example of the present invention and does not limit the present invention in any way. Those skilled in the art can easily understand that various modifications and changes can be made according to a specific application without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, POS for shops that sell various types of products individually or as a set.
It is also applicable to the system.

[0033]

As described above, according to the POS system of the present invention, the following remarkable practical effects can be obtained. First, since it is not necessary to register both the single item menu and the set menu in the menu master, it is possible to save the master capacity of the POS system. As a result, more menus can be registered with a limited master capacity.

Further, when the "set input" key is pressed, the same menu with the same "set menu flag" is displayed so that the set menu input workability can be improved. Further, it is possible to reduce the labor of the person in charge of the floor (or the POS system operation manager) when changing or adding the menu. This results in a more flexible POS system.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a typical POS system to which the present invention can be applied.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation procedure of the POS system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the connection between the POS systems according to the embodiments of the present invention and is a diagram showing an example of a slip.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a sequence of operations of the POS system according to the embodiment of the present invention, and is a diagram showing an example of a menu master.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a POS system according to an embodiment of the present invention, showing a set menu master.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the connection between the POS system and the key master according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a POS system operation procedure according to a conventional technique.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a related art, showing a menu master.

FIG. 9 is a series of explanatory diagrams showing a conventional technique, and is a diagram showing a submenu master.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a sequence of prior arts and is a diagram showing a key master.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 POS system 11 POS main body 12 Controller 13 wireless transceiver 14 Handy terminal 15-17 Kitchen printer

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Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] 1. A POS having a handy terminal which is used by a store clerk at a restaurant or the like to carry a customer's order.
In the system, the handy terminal is provided with a set input key, and when the set input key is pressed, a menu (product) currently displayed is treated as a set menu (set product). 2. The POS system according to claim 1, wherein when a menu key is pressed while the menu treated as the set is displayed, the menu is added to the menu treated as the set. 3. The menu treated as a set by pressing the set input key is displayed by adding a specific symbol meaning a set menu to the menu name on the display unit. The POS system described in 1. 4. The POS system according to claim 3, wherein the specific symbol uses a different flag for each unit price of the set menu. 5. The POS system according to claim 3, wherein a number such as “1” or “2” is used as the specific symbol. 6. The POS according to claim 3, wherein only a menu having the same specific symbol is selectively input as a set menu, and an error occurs when trying to selectively input a menu having a different specific symbol. system. 7. The POS system according to claim 3, wherein when the set input key is pressed, only the menus having the same specific symbol are identified and displayed so that they can be selected and input.